base runner
noun
: a baseball player of the team at bat who is on base or is attempting to reach a base
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Oxford Academy had three base runners in the bottom of the first but did not score.
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Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 17 May 2024
Irvin gave up a single to De La Cruz in the first and didn’t allow another base runner until the Reds superstar doubled in the seventh.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2024
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Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 17 May 2024
Irvin gave up a single to De La Cruz in the first and didn’t allow another base runner until the Reds superstar doubled in the seventh.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2024
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“Base runner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20runner. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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